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August 6. (^Determined by Kiiight.) Uhler (1878, p. 507) 

 also recorded this species from the Turtle Mountains. 



^Poeciloscytus venaticus Uhler. — Taken in Sully's Hill 

 National Park, near Devils Lake, July 19. A variety of this 

 species was taken on sedges in the Turtle Mountains, July 30. 

 (Determined by Knight.) 



Pcccilocapsiis liiicatits (Fabriciusj. — Listed by Uhler (1878, 

 p. 506J from Pembina. Xeither this species nor the next one 

 was taken by Hubbell. 



Horcias dislocatus goniplwnis (Say). — Recorded from 

 Pembina by L'hler {loc. cit.), as "the red variety of Lygiis 

 dislocatus." 



'■'■''Lygidea rubecula ( L'hlerj. — Xine specimens were beaten 

 from willow in a moist meadow at the Turtle Mountains, 

 August 4. Four of these belong to the variety obscnva Renter, 

 and the remainder to one of the paler forms. 



Lygiis pratcnsis (Linne). — A long series of specimens is at 

 hand from Devils Lake, Stump Lake. Bottineau, Turtle Aloun- 

 tains, Fargo, and Amidon (Hubbell). and from Buford and 

 Williston (Olson j. Uhler (1878. p. 506) records this species 

 from Mouse River, under the name L. lineolaris. 



Nearly half of the specimens can be referred to the variety 

 oblineatus (Say), while only two belong to the variety strigii- 

 lafus (Walker) : these specimens were all taken in the eastern 

 part of the state and in the Turtle Mountains. The specimens 

 from western North Dakota, as well as a number of those 

 taken at Devils Lake and in the Turtle Mountains, belong to 

 an unnamed variety which is characterized by the very pale- 

 green coloration, the extreme reduction of the dark markings, 

 and the semi-hyaline hemelytra : the markings of the hemelytra 

 are commonly reduced to a pair of very small geminate dark 



